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Make Me a Match (Ep. 209 Update)

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The Importance of Kidney Exchange

In 2000 the first kidney exchange in the United States was done in New England. It's an exchange between incompatible patient donor pairs as Alroth calls them. The healthy member of each couple agrees to give a kidney to the needy member of the other couple.

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